as in mourns
to feel or express sorrow for
he invariably spends more time bewailing his predicament than trying to fix it
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Art eventually processes its history—mourns it, rather.—
Jonathan Odden,
Artforum,
2 June 2026 -
Amid playoff cheering hockey mourns the suicide of Claude Lemieux at 60.—
Greg Cote
May 31,
Miami Herald,
31 May 2026
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Deedson has played at stadiums now under gang control, and laments that Haitian kids aspiring to make the national team one day can’t use those vital facilities.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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On that song, Chapman laments about his unwillingness to evolve.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
24 May 2026
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But on a certain level, Van Gundy will always be a Knicks lifer who regrets resigning from the team a quarter century ago and who was interested in his old job when David Fizdale and Tom Thibodeau were hired instead.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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Perhaps Sylvie now regrets her time in Moscow, even the tenor of her politics.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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“Bewails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewails. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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